Race and Equality (Special Research Collection): Recent submissions
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A Study of Intercountry Adoption Outcomes in Ireland
(The Adoption Board, 2007)The study consisted of three stages. In stage one, research on intercountry adoption outcomes, policies and practices was reviewed. A computerised database on all intercountry adoptions in Ireland was compiled. In stage ... -
The mirror stage of movement intellectuals? Jewish criticism of Israel and its relationship to a developing social movement
(2009)This article explores the strengths and limitations of movement intellectuals? theorisation of their movement and its terrain of activism. It looks at four published collections of Jewish writers critical of Israel and ... -
Multilingualism in Dublin: Home Language Use Among Primary School Children, Report on a Pilot Survey
(2010)Travellers who arrive at Dublin airport from abroad easily receive the impression that they have arrived in a bilingual country. However, whilst both English and Irish appear on official signage, the languages they ... -
The Challenge of Migration: Schooling the Second Generation in Europe
(2010)In several European countries, 10% or more of the student population now has a migrant background; and some countries are facing this phenomenon for the very first time. There is growing concern that students with an ... -
In the Front Line of Integration: Young people managing migration to Ireland
(Children's Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin, 2010)The primary aim of this research is to document and explore the experiences of a range of young people aged 15 to 18 who have migrated to Ireland. The experience of teenagers is particularly important for understanding ... -
Retrospective analysis of attitudes to ageing in the Economist: apocalyptic demography for opinion formers.
(2009)Objective To investigate the description of older people and ageing in a major weekly newspaper, influential in political and financial circles, to see whether it reflected ageing in a balanced manner, and to what extent ... -
The Evolving Role of Government: Migration and Education Trends in Europe
(EU Center of Excellence - Third Biannual Newsletter, 2010)On May 4, I was invited to speak at a conference on `Language Policy as a Tool for Integration: A Comparative Perspective?, cosponsored by the European Union Center and The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, ... -
In Search of Security: Migrant Workers' Understandings, Experiences and Expectations Regarding 'Social Protection'
(2009)While both migration and welfare states are popular topics of research, the intersection between them is rarely studied. In this article, we present the findings of a study that explored migrant workers? conceptualisation ... -
Obligations, Ambitions, Calculations: Migrant Care Workers' Negotiation of Work, Career and Family
(2010)The literature on migrant care workers has tended to place little emphasis on themultiple relationships thatmigrant carers formwith care recipients, employers/managers and work colleagues. This article makes a contribution ... -
The Different Faces of Care Work: Understanding the Experiences of the Multi-Cultural Care Workforce
(2009)An increased demand for long-term care services coupled with the decreased availability of informal (family) carers in many industrialised countries has led to the employment of growing numbers of `migrant care workers ... -
Caring and Collaborating Across Cultures? Migrant Care Workers' Relationships with Care Recipients, Colleagues and Employers
(2010)The literature on migrant care workers has tended to place little emphasis on themultiple relationships thatmigrant carers formwith care recipients, employers/managers and work colleagues. This article makes a contribution ... -
Care revolutions in the making? A comparison of cash-for-care programmes in four European countries.
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)This article describes and evaluates cash-for-care programmes for older people in four European countries, namely Home-Care Grants in Ireland, Direct Payments in the United Kingdom (England), Service Vouchers in Finland ... -
Giving Voice to the Voiceless? Second Thoughts on Testimony in Transitional Justice
(North Carolina State University, 2009)The article discusses the use of testimony as an instrument of transitional justice and the democratic value attributed to this medium. It analyzes its power structures, as well as the economies of speech of public hearings ... -
Youth aggression and bullying: Challenges for pastoral care workers
(Wyndham Hall Press, 2003)A study of over 15,000 6th-10th graders estimated that approximately 3.7 million youths engage in, and more than 3.2 million are victims of moderate or serious bullying each year in the US (Nansel, et al., 2001). While ... -
Multiculturalism after the Good Friday Agreement
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European Migration Network : Annual policy report on migration and asylum 2007, Ireland
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European Migration Network : Annual policy report on asylum and migration statistics for Ireland (2006)
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Projecting the future numbers of migrant workers in the health and social care sectors in Ireland
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The Refugee
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Constructing Identities: The ethno-national and nationalistic identities of white and Turkish students in two English secondary schools
(2008)This article investigates how 15-year-old white and Turkish students in two Inner London comprehensive schools, one in a predominantly working-class area (Millroad School) and the other in a more middle-class environment ...
